2025 Recap..

Welp.

Yet another not great year.

I always hate to start out the blogs like that, but man - we've taken a beating this year. Our country is in shambles. Every person I talk to is going through something. Something not great. I feel similar to how I felt after the 2020 year - just beat up and spit out. Lots of exhaustion. Unfortunately lots of struggle and sadness. I feel the need to be very raw and honest about this recap. 2025 really was just a brutal goddamn year. It's ok to talk about this. It's ok to acknowledge when things just suck.

 

The 1st six months of the year we were in the traumatizing battle of seizures with our poor Poe. Losing him in July was absolutely devastating. I'm still not over it, and sometimes think I'll never get over it. I can't even begin to explain the toll it takes on a person. Sleepless nights, constant anxiety and fear, that feeling of being so out of control and not able to stop this horrible disease from attacking such a perfect sweet soul. And in the end to fucking lose.

 

I also can't even begin to fathom the absolute shit show that our country is in right now. It's almost unbelievable yet here we are. The hatred. The anger. The fact that our country is being run by a demented piece of shit man child and nothing is being done about it. All year, I see Dems, people in power, hell even alot of republicans at this point saying "It's not ok. Fuck this guy" Yet NOTHING IS BEING DONE. Like ok people - we know - he sucks - he's horrid - BUT WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO TO FIX IT?! I'm exhausted. I have no fight left. If anyone - and I mean ANYONE - tries to get into with me I leave the situation or sadly in some cases have left the relationship. No. There's no more excuses. I refuse to hear them. Fuck off with your conspiracy theories. Fuck off if you still support the current administration. Just fuck right off. I'm done. Like SO FUCKING DONE.

 

We lost some great people this year. Like a lot. Like a lot of tragedy.  David Lynch, Gene Hackman, like one of the best Popes we've ever had, Ozzy, Robert Redford, Jane Goodall, Diane Keaton, Malcolm Jamal Warner and then the horrible murder of Rob Reiner and his wife. Like WTF. And that's just naming a small amount of the wonderful people we lost.

 

Oh and let's step back and look at the friggin world right now. The many wars going on. I just can't. It's not great.

 

So where do we go from here? I don't know. I'm not going to lie. I'm scared. I'm tired. But I'm trying. I'm trying so hard to find the joy where I can. To spread kindness. To be a good person. Because I guess right now that's all we can do. Turn our focus back inward and see what you can do to better the little circle that's around you. Hopefully that can grow and spread just like a ripple in a pond. And when it gets to hard or to shitty - grab a drink and grab a friend or 10 and commiserate together. Because the one thing we are not is alone. Reach out. Get therapy. Talk to people. Speak up about feelings and kindness and good.

 

And here we go - 2026.

Already on the horizon - Pat and I turn 50 this year. 50. WTF. There's a trip on the books. I want to write more. Geocache more. Battle this oh so bullshit thing we call menopause. Move more. Help more. Do my damn best. So here we go....  

 

 

There's not many highlights in 2025 but there were a few. In May - the one and only time we had a small ray of hope that we were actually going to be able to get a handle on our poor babies seizures, we took a great trip to Paso. I love it up there. It's so damn good for the soul. We also took another great trip with some dear friends again in October. We're sharing a wine club membership at Austin Hope and figured let's see if we travel well together when we get our pickup  - and we certainly do!

 

Tianna and Scott

Another highlight was our Thanksgiving trip to Joshua Tree. This trip was very special because we found my Papa's desert house! It was a great few days away.

 

But the biggest highlight of the whole year was our trip to Zion. This was truly the one stand out of 2025 that was just amazing. It was a few months after we lost Poe and I wanted to get a trip in to somewhere that we wouldn't normally be able to go if we had a dog. So Zion was it. We tacked on a Vegas stop over eating at the delicious Hell's Kitchen. Then spent a glorious beautiful few days in Zion. We booked it a bit last minute, so spent a bit more than we would usually on a trip but it was worth every penny. From the E-biking through the canyon, hiking the narrows, waking up to the sight of the mountains, I could go on and on. This went into my top 3 vacations I've ever taken in my life. It was just perfect.

I've been doing really good keeping up my monthly blogs, dropping in photos of that months happenings. I love to go back and see all the great memories we've been making. It helps my old ass remember and re-live the good times. And although this year is one that I'll happily not think back on too much - there were many wonderful moments spent with friends, family and finding joy.

 

As we start this new year, I wish for nothing but joy, laughter, happiness, and just fucking goodness for you all and us. 

 

Happy New Year Friends!